Next year's ceremony will shine a light on independent flicks, which led the pack in film nominations. The Shape of Water, which tells the story of a mute cleaning woman (played by Sally Hawkins) in a government laboratory, raked in seven nominations in the drama category. Other dramatic films with several nominations include The Post and Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri, which each earned six nods.

In the comedic film category, the buzzy Lady Bird earned four nominations. I, Tonya, the story of Tonya Harding (played by Margot Robbie) and the 1994 attack on Nancy Kerrigan, was right on its heels with three nods. The Greatest Showman, a musical about P.T. Barnum (starring Hugh Jackman), also earned three nominations. In a surprising twist, the Ridley Scott film All the Money in the World, which tells the true story of the 1973 abduction of John Paul Getty III, also received three nominations. The film hastily replaced actor Kevin Spacey with Christopher Plummer in light of sexual misconduct allegations against the former, and had to reshoot the character's scenes. The Hollywood Foreign Press Association, which saw an unfinished version of the film, gave it nods in major categories, including Best Director and Best Actress, Michelle Williams.

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